From slarsson@cern.ch Mon Jul 04 11:10:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cern!slarsson From: slarsson@cern.ch (Seo-yeon Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Jul04.111041.2667@cern.ch> Date: Mon, 04 Jul 1994 11:10:41 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Seo-yeon Larsson SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From mrobertson@netcom.com Tue Jul 05 14:15:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!netcom!mrobertson From: mrobertson@netcom.com (Min-jun Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Jul05.141541.7980@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 05 Jul 1994 14:15:41 GMT References: <1994Jul04.111041.2667@cern.ch> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jul04.111041.2667@cern.ch>, slarsson@cern.ch (Seo-yeon Larsson) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Min-jun Robertson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of NETCOM On-Line Communication Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From dbrennan@purdue.edu Wed Jul 06 06:07:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!purdue!dbrennan From: dbrennan@purdue.edu (Dmitri Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Jul06.060741.6869@purdue.edu> Date: Wed, 06 Jul 1994 06:07:41 GMT References: <1994Jul04.111041.2667@cern.ch> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Jul04.111041.2667@cern.ch>, slarsson@cern.ch (Seo-yeon Larsson) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Dmitri Brennan *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From jpetrov@illinois.edu Fri Jul 08 05:56:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!illinois!jpetrov From: jpetrov@illinois.edu (Jen Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Jul08.055641.5901@illinois.edu> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 1994 05:56:41 GMT References: <1994Jul04.111041.2667@cern.ch> <1994Jul05.141541.7980@netcom.com> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul05.141541.7980@netcom.com>, mrobertson@netcom.com (Min-jun Robertson) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Jen Petrov | jpetrov@illinois.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 8579 3ABE E80B C89D "Keep the channels open."